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Re: GYNECOLOGIC: VERY CONCERNED--UTI gone wrong; bump & sensitivity :( help
From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:08:47 -0600 (CST)
Brittlyn
Sorry, but the only way to tell what is happening is to do an exam...Dr.
von Almen
At Wed, 18 Feb 2009, brittlyn wrote:
>
>about 3 weeks ago, i had a really bad UTI. i thought i took care of it,
>but every once in a while it would hurt when i peed.
>and then about a week later, i noticed a bump located behind my vaginal
>opening. the bump was under the skin, and was pretty big. over the
>past couple of weeks it's shrunk, but it's still there.
>and now about a week ago, i became really sensitive down there. and
>anytime i engage in intercourse, i feel like the labium minora is
>getting pulled in there, and then i get unusually dry, and feel like my
>labium minora & perineum is going to rip. and then i'll notice a little
>bit of blood afterward.
>
>At first I thought that it could be staph infection, because my
>boyfriend just got diagnosed with a minor case of it--the bacteria was
>in his nose. because when i looked it up, it said it could be found in
>the genital area as well--explaining the bump.
>but then i found out that a good friend of mine had just been diagnosed
>HIV positive, and her symptoms were sporadic bleeding--which would
>explain the bleeding.
>
>and now i'm freaking out about all the other possibilities. I made a
>gyno appointment last week, but the earliest i could be seen was 2 weeks
>from then.
>any advice on what this could be, would be greatly appreciated!!!
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